The Cultural Tradition of the University of Tokyo

The University of Tokyo has no official so-called "school emblem". The pattern alternating with Huang Qing on the right is just a long-standing "symbol" of Tokyo University, which comes from the pattern drawn by Professor Masaichi Hoshino at the school board meeting in June of Showa's 23rd year.

The pattern consists of two overlapping ginkgo leaves, one yellow and the other green. Ginkgo biloba is the most widely planted tree species on the campus of Tokyo University, standing along the street. Every autumn, yellow leaves cover the whole campus, so the golden ginkgo leaves symbolize the most beautiful side of Dongda University. The color of another ginkgo leaf comes from the traditional representative color of Dongda University-light green. Just like the school emblem, even though the University of Tokyo is an old school with a history of 100 years, until today, Dongda has not been able to choose a recognized "school song"; In June 2004, the University of Tokyo set up a school song drafting committee to carry out the school song selection activities, and finally selected two songs, ただつ and とと, as "school songs" on different occasions. The lyrics of ただつ and と Sky (songs of the Tokyo University Games) are Yukio Omori.

Composer Yamaguchi pondered the lyrics, composer Kitahara Hiroshi composed Kosaku Yamada I,

ただつつかげし

ぃまかが やける のをぇる る らよこなる る る らここなる

Second, ただつごぇしぃまなりわたるののめの

ここなるにのけりののたぇたぇたぇたた big sky, new. The sky is empty, the sky is moving, the sky is green, the sky is alive, the sky is bright and the feathers are flying. Tokyo University and Kyoto University are in Japan, just as Oxford University and Cambridge University are in Britain. Dongda University and Kyoto University have maintained friendly relations for a long time. A long time ago (the legend is 1920), in a rowing competition between two schools, the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University drew lots to decide which rowing boat to take, and the rowing boats drawn by the two schools were light cyan and dark cyan respectively. Since then, these two colors have become the representative colors of both sides, and finally gradually evolved into correction colors.

Within the University of Tokyo, each department also has its own representative color. Color Law College, Green Medicine College, Red Engineering College, White Science College, Baihua Agricultural College, Purple Economics College, Cyan Education College, Art College, Black Education College, Science College, Yellow Education College, Orange Pharmacy College, Rouge Color.